Category — Activities

It’s not often for us who live in Atlanta to experience snow. But with the recent winter storm that swept through most the country, we got a chance to really enjoy snow in our own backyard.

It was a short experience indeed. As soon as the snow fell down and accumulated enough, we headed out to our backyard. Based on my past experience I knew we have to seize the moment. Otherwise, you won’t have any snow left to play with the next day.

Lucky for us, the next day was cold enough for us to enjoy a second round of Winter Olympic – Snow Sled in our backyard. I didn’t think Miss J will be a dare devil type kid. But she proved me wrong. She opted to slide down head first and even attempted to slide down with 2 lids. Oh! By the way, we didn’t have a sled so we just use the plastic container lid. Work like a charm!

And yes, we (or actually Mr. Rojo) were able to build a good size snowman. He was big enough to tower over Mr. Z and guard our backyard for a few days afterward.

The best part about snow in Atlanta is there is no clean up necessary. The heat took care of the snow a few days after. No snow shoveling to break your back.

Christmas and Holiday season is already under the way. I have to admit that it’s the time that I tend to lag in my blogging. I do hope that you guys will understand. What with lot of fun things to do around town, shopping and preparing for Christmas. And I still have a long list of things to do. It doesn’t mean I don’t want to blog. I do.. I do.. I have many posts I want to write about our recent trip. And yet, I couldn’t find a great motivation to sit down and write it up.

In the mean time, enjoy our day out in our little town. We had a blast over the weekend to 2 fun events.

Breakfast with Santa

First up, our kids’ school Breakfast with Santa.

I admitted that I was a snob in the past. I thought.. yeah.. Breakfast With Santa at school.. how fun could that be. Well, I was in for a surprise. The PTA at our school did an amazing job.

There were free photo with santa, the Christmas carol throughout the event, and various kids crafts and activities for them to enjoy.

Christmas Parade

Then, after a quick stop at home to refuel we bundled up and headed out to join my local mom group for our first ever Christmas Parade.

It was FREEEEEZING!!!

However, the kids had a blast. Typically, we were the spectators but this year we were in the float.

They loved throwing candies to other kids and waving and saying ‘Merry Christmas’.

Ah.. What a joy! Now, you know why I can’t write up any post. I’m still thrawing myself. :)

A few weeks ago I won the free tickets to see Disney On Ice – Celebration. I have to admit that I didn’t plan to go see this show if I didn’t win the free tickets. I thought it will be one of those kiddies show for smaller kids.

I’m glad I have a chance to prove myself wrong. Both Miss J and Mr. Z were so into the show, they didn’t even move once during the show.

Just like other family shows, there will be a lot of opportunity for parents to drop their money even before the show starts. I have learned to just walk really fast so the kids will miss all those toys. :) Ok.. Ok.. I’m a mean mom but hey we gotta watch what we are spending. And really, why do I want to spend $15 for a mug when I can get it for 70% less in Disney outlet stores.

The show was centered around ‘Celebration’. We got to meet many many Disney Characters from princesses, Mickey and friends, Villains, old characters with upcoming movies like Toy Story casts to new characters with upcoming movies like Princess and the Frogs.

Another great thing I like about this show is it’s not just for girls. If you say Ice Skating, you will associate with girly show. But this show has something for everyone. Kids who are not into princesses will be excited to meet villains or Toy Story characters.

I’m also excited to meet Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen from upcoming new Disney Movie – Princess and the Frog. This new movie brings a lot of buzz because it’s the first time that Disney introduces African American Princess. Bravo to them. I will say it’s about time! I also love that the show features New Orleans – one of the city that I really want to visit.

But I think this man might be one of my kids’ favorite person in the whole arena. Who could resist the man with many many bags of cotton candy.

And even being frugal parents, we sometimes have to give in. The show was almost 2 hours long so sugar might not seem like a healthy choice but the most suitable choice to give them little sugar boost.

I love the fact that the show also takes us to different cultures (as much as you can get for an ice skating show) from Hawaii, Japan, China to New Orleans.

So if Disney On Ice will be visiting your city, I would highly recommend this fun family-friendly show to anyone. I wouldn’t think it will be worth the ticket price but I was wrong. My kids didn’t move once!!! They were so mesmerized with the show the whole time. That’s something we don’t experience everyday here at the Q family. :)

Disclosure:

I won the free tickets from local blogger. But they never ask us to write about the experience in exchange of the tickets.

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